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Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2023 The Mongolian–Transbaikalian region of the Central Asia is known for its wide range of intracontinental ecosystems from desert through steppe to taiga forest and mountain tundra.
A. M. Khubanova +2 more
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Plant-Environment Interactions, 2021 Increasing frequency and intensity of climate extremes have profound impacts on grassland biodiversity functioning and stability. Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) net primary productivity (NPP) data and standardized ...
Md Lokman Hossain +3 more
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Typical Shrub Communities and Its Diversity in Ulan Buh-Western Ordos Steppe Desert Ecotone
Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022 [Objective] The diversity of typical shrub communities in the ecotone of the Ulan Buh-Western Ordos Steppe Desert was researched in order to provide a theoretical basis for protecting biodiversity and for ecological environment construction in the area. [
Song Zhaobin +4 more
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Spatial and temporal structure of the spider community in the clay semi-desert of western Kazakhstan [PDF]
, 2011 The spatial and temporal structure of spider communities was studied in the clay semi-desert of the north-western Caspian Lowland, western Kazakhstan (49°23' N, 46°47' E).
Piterkina, Tatyana V.
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Plant functional diversity and species diversity in the Mongolian steppe. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The Mongolian steppe is one of the most important grasslands in the world but suffers from aridization and damage from anthropogenic activities. Understanding structure and function of this community is important for the ecological conservation, but has ...
Guofang Liu +7 more
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Phylogenetic structure and formation mechanism of shrub communities in arid and semiarid areas of the Mongolian Plateau [PDF]
, 2019 The mechanisms of species coexistence within a community have always been the focus in ecological research. Community phylogenetic structure reflects the relationship of historical processes, regional environments, and interactions between species, and ...
Dong, Lei +9 more
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Vegetation response to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau from 2000 to 2010 [PDF]
, 2013 Climate change has led to more frequent extreme winters (aka, dzud) and summer droughts on the Mongolian Plateau during the last decade. Among these events, the 2000–2002 combined summer drought–dzud and 2010 dzud were the most severe on vegetation.
Batkhishig, Ochirbat +8 more
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The asymmetric responses of carabid beetles to steppe fragmentation in Northwest China
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 It is acknowledged that human activities have initiated and increased steppe habitat loss and fragmentation in Northwest China. Carabid beetles are often used as bioindicators of environmental change because they are extremely sensitive to disturbance ...
Shuhua Wei +7 more
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Plants, 2023 Climate and human activities are the basic driving forces that control and influence the spatial distribution and change of vegetation. Using trend analysis, the Hurst index, correlation analysis, the Moran index, path analysis, residual analysis, and ...
Sinan Wang, Xiaomin Liu, Yingjie Wu
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Impact of Extreme Climate on the NDVI of Different Steppe Areas in Inner Mongolia, China
Remote Sensing, 2022 The frequency of extreme climate events has increased resulting in major changes to vegetation in arid and semi-arid areas. We selected 12 extreme climate indices and used trend analysis and multiple linear regression models to analyze extreme climate ...
Kuan Chen +6 more
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